Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 77 most popular Public Transports in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 77 largest public transports in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Intercity-Express, MyWay (ticketing system) and Nederlandse Spoorwegen lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 190k people. Across all 77 entries the average audience size is 4.8k, and the largest, Intercity-Express, reaches around 107k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each public transport, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 77, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in South Africa. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in South Africa, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in South Africa. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
51 Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe 129 41.9 43.3% Public transport
52 Washington Metro 114 41.9 70.1% Public transport
53 Hankyu 112 41.8 69.9% Public transport
54 HTM Personenvervoer 109 42.5 60.3% Public transport
55 Bremer Straßenbahn AG 106 41.8 44.9% Public transport
56 TransMilenio 94 35.1 58.0% Public transport
57 MBTA Commuter Rail 93 39.7 52.4% Public transport
58 NordWestBahn 91 43.9 55.7% Public transport
59 Stuttgart S-Bahn 86 42.8 47.7% Public transport
60 IDBUS 81 36.8 53.5% Public transport
61 Mexico City Metro 74 31.7 50.4% Public transport
62 Heidelberger Bergbahn 70 38.1 53.5% Public transport
63 Kusttram 69 41.0 52.1% Public transport
64 BOGESTRA 64 35.1 37.5% Public transport
65 Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) 59 25.1 65.8% Public transport
66 Erixx 55 37.1 49.2% Public transport
67 Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg 52 43.5 55.3% Public transport
68 Wiener Linien 50 38.6 49.8% Public transport
69 Renfe Operadora 38 27.0 57.5% Public transport
70 Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe 32 30.7 38.9% Public transport
71 Bwegt 30 37.7 36.5% Public transport
72 Rheinbahn 30 38.0 50.5% Public transport
73 Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund 15 37.1 47.1% Public transport
74 Bremerhaven Bus 9 37.0 42.4% Public transport
75 Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar 9 37.7 36.5% Public transport

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular public transports compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each public transport by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest public transport in South Africa?

Intercity-Express currently leads with an estimated audience of 107k people in South Africa.

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